Monday, September 26, 2005

alright, it's banned books week...and i stole this one from leah. it's a list of the 100 most banned books...and i've bolded the ones that i've read.

Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin SchwartzDaddy’s Roommate by Michael WillhoiteI Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya AngelouThe Chocolate War by Robert CormierThe Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark TwainOf Mice and Men by John SteinbeckHarry Potter (Series) by J.K. RowlingForever by Judy BlumeBridge to Terabithia by Katherine PatersonAlice (Series) by Phyllis Reynolds NaylorHeather Has Two Mommies by Leslea NewmanMy Brother Sam is Dead by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher CollierThe Catcher in the Rye by J.D. SalingerThe Giver by Lois LowryIt’s Perfectly Normal by Robie HarrisGoosebumps (Series) by R.L. StineA Day No Pigs Would Die by Robert Newton PeckThe Color Purple by Alice WalkerSex by MadonnaEarth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. AuelThe Great Gilly Hopkins by Katherine PatersonA Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’EngleGo Ask Alice by AnonymousFallen Angels by Walter Dean MyersIn the Night Kitchen by Maurice SendakThe Stupids (Series) by Harry AllardThe Witches by Roald DahlThe New Joy of Gay Sex by Charles SilversteinAnastasia Krupnik (Series) by Lois LowryThe Goats by Brock ColeKaffir Boy by Mark MathabaneBlubber by Judy BlumeKilling Mr. Griffin by Lois DuncanHalloween ABC by Eve MerriamWe All Fall Down by Robert CormierFinal Exit by Derek HumphryThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodJulie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George (who the heck would ban this one?!)The Bluest Eye by Toni MorrisonWhat’s Happening to my Body? Book for Girls: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Daughters by Lynda MadarasTo Kill a Mockingbird by Harper LeeBeloved by Toni MorrisonThe Outsiders by S.E. HintonThe Pigman by Paul ZindelBumps in the Night by Harry AllardDeenie by Judy BlumeFlowers for Algernon by Daniel KeyesAnnie on my Mind by Nancy GardenThe Boy Who Lost His Face by Louis SacharCross Your Fingers, Spit in Your Hat by Alvin SchwartzA Light in the Attic by Shel SilversteinBrave New World by Aldous HuxleySleeping Beauty Trilogy by A.N. Roquelaure (Anne Rice)Asking About Sex and Growing Up by Joanna ColeCujo by Stephen KingJames and the Giant Peach by Roald DahlThe Anarchist Cookbook by William Powell (am i a bad person for having this one bookmarked on my computer??)Boys and Sex by Wardell PomeroyOrdinary People by Judith GuestAmerican Psycho by Bret Easton EllisWhat’s Happening to my Body? Book for Boys: A Growing-Up Guide for Parents & Sons by Lynda MadarasAre You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy BlumeCrazy Lady by Jane ConlyAthletic Shorts by Chris CrutcherFade by Robert CormierGuess What? by Mem FoxThe House of Spirits by Isabel AllendeThe Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline CooneySlaughterhouse-Five by Kurt VonnegutLord of the Flies by William GoldingNative Son by Richard WrightWomen on Top: How Real Life Has Changed Women’s Fantasies by Nancy FridayCurses, Hexes and Spells by Daniel CohenJack by A.M. HomesBless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo A. AnayaWhere Did I Come From? by Peter MayleCarrie by Stephen KingTiger Eyes by Judy BlumeOn My Honor by Marion Dane Bauer (i loved this book! we read this one in middle school back in north carolina...it's actually really shocking how many of these banned books were on the battle of the books lists back there...maybe raleigh wasn't the Most Conservative Place Ever...)Arizona Kid by Ron KoertgeFamily Secrets by Norma KleinMommy Laid An Egg by Babette ColeThe Dead Zone by Stephen KingThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark TwainSong of Solomon by Toni MorrisonAlways Running by Luis RodriguezPrivate Parts by Howard SternWhere’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford (WTF?!?! it's Where's Freaking Waldo!!!)Summer of My German Soldier by Bette GreeneLittle Black Sambo by Helen BannermanPillars of the Earth by Ken FollettRunning Loose by Chris CrutcherSex Education by Jenny DavisThe Drowning of Stephen Jones by Bette GreeneGirls and Sex by Wardell PomeroyHow to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas RockwellView from the Cherry Tree by Willo Davis RobertsThe Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley SnyderThe Terrorist by Caroline CooneyJump Ship to Freedom by James Lincoln Collier and Christopher Collier

alright...so i've only read 24 of these...i better get on it. especially the sex books...those are probably fun... ;) hahaha...

i'm such a twit(ter)...

wish i would have known...

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